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  • June 2008

    • $10 Mosquito Nets Move Young Donors to Save Lives

      New York Times  |  Jun 2, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      $10 Mosquito Nets Move Young Donors to Save Lives

      (Newser) - Mosquito nets, at $10 a pop, are a low-cost, effective way to prevent malaria—and they've become a cause célèbre for young people across the country, who've raised millions in donation drives, the New York Times reports. “You can say $10 saves a life,” says one young fundraiser. “That makes students feel they can help a lot. And every student has $10.” More »

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      Africa  • public health  • malaria  • mosquito

  • May 2008

    • Thousands Protest South African Violence

      Reuters  |  May 25, 08 6:55 AM CDT

      Thousands Protest South African Violence

      (Newser) - Thousands of South Africans marched through Johannesburg yesterday to protest anti-immigrant rampages that have claimed at least 50 lives. Carrying placards comparing the violence to apartheid, marchers brought traffic to a standstill, Reuters reports. The action was organized by labor unions and churches. The nation's largest newspaper today called for the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki for failing to stop the mob violence. More »

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      Africa  • ethnic violence  • apartheid  • mob

    • Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 8:15 AM CDT

      Kenya Mob Torches 11 for Witchcraft

      (Newser) - A mob in western Kenya hunted down and killed 11 people they accused of being witches and wizards, AP reports. The gang went from house to house with a list of suspected sorcerers and the spells they had cast. The eight men and three women, most over 70, were lynched and burned in their homes in the notoriously superstitious district. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • lynching  • witches  • witchcraft

    • S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      AFP  |  May 22, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      S. Africa Deploys Troops as Immigrant Killings Spike

      (Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has summoned troops to help counter a wave of anti-immigrant violence in the country, AFP reports. Mbeki called on soldiers after police requested help quelling mob violence that has claimed 42 lives, officials said. As many as 16,000 people have been displaced by the violence. Locals blame foreigners for high crime rates and taking jobs More »

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      Africa  • South Africa  • immigrant  • Thabo Mbeki  • ethnic violence  • mob  • riot

    • Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      Associated Press  |  May 20, 08 5:03 AM CDT

      Tutu Pleads for End to Immigrant Attacks

      (Newser) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu pleaded yesterday with his South African countrymen to end a vicious surge of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least 22 people, AP reports. Extra police were sent to squatter camps as roaming mobs continued to stab, beat and burn immigrant workers in some of the worst bloodshed the country has seen since apartheid. "The violence is extreme," said a spokesman for Doctors Without Borders. More »

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      immigration  • Africa  • South Africa  • riots  • Desmond Tutu  • Johannesburg

    • 12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      New York Times  |  May 19, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      12 Immigrants Killed in Johannesburg Riots

      (Newser) - At least 12 foreigners were shot, stabbed, beaten or burned to death over the weekend in anti-immigrant protests in and around Johannesburg. Thousands of terrified immigrants, many of them Zimbabweans fleeing problems in their own country, are now seeking refuge in churches or police stations, reports the New York Times. Immigrants have become the scapegoat for problems in the nation, rocked by a 23% unemployment rate, soaring food prices and one of the highest crime levels in the world.  More »

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      immigration  • Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • riots  • Jacob Zuma  • African National Congress  • Johannesburg

    • Sudanese Rebels Fight for Control of Capital

      Reuters  |  May 10, 08 2:48 PM CDT

      Sudanese Rebels Fight for Control of Capital

      (Newser) - Darfur rebels battled Sudanese soldiers today in a rare bid for control of Sudan's capital, Reuters reports. The military later claimed victory and said just a few militants had reached Khartoum. "Thank God this attempt has been completely defeated," a government spokesman said. More »

    • US Airstrike Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

      Reuters  |  May 1, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      US Airstrike Kills al-Qaeda Boss in Somalia

      (Newser) - American war planes killed more than a dozen people in a town in the west of Somalia today, including one said to be the leader of that country's branch of al-Qaeda. Reuters reports that the airstrike on a band of Somali insurgents killed Aden Hashi Ayro, whose militants are blamed for an Iraq-style insurgency, complete with unprecedented suicide bombings, against the Somali military and its Ethiopian allies. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Africa  • Somalia  • Ethiopia  • Horn of Africa  • Council of Islamic Courts

  • April 2008

    • End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 12:43 PM CDT

      End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN

      (Newser) - The world must take action now to end malaria deaths—currently at 1 million per year—by 2010, UN chief Ban Ki Moon said today. "We have the resources and the know-how, but we have less than 1,000 days" to meet the goal, said Ban on the first World Malaria Day. The main push will be to provide bed nets and sprays to all of Africa, BBC reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Africa  • disease  • Ban Ki-Moon  • malaria  • mosquito

    • IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering

      (Newser) - When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now the country’s economic boom appears back on track. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • IPO  • Kenyan elections  • emerging markets  • Kenya's economy

    • Court Rejects Zimbabwe Poll Petition

      BBC  |  Apr 14, 08 8:39 AM CDT

      Court Rejects Zimbabwe Poll Petition

      (Newser) - A Zimbabwean high court today rejected a petition to force President Robert Mugabe’s government to release its long-delayed election results, the BBC reports. Instead, the ruling party will be allowed to go through with its recounts, which the opposition believes are a ploy to rig the parliamentary election. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • election  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Zanu-PF  • MDC  • recount

    • Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Riots Flare as Kenya Talks Stall

      (Newser) - Riots erupted again in Kenya yesterday as opposition leaders suspended talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing pact, reports the New York Times . Dozens of men in a Nairobi slum lit bonfires and hurled rocks at police, chanting, "No cabinet, no peace!" The violence marked the first major riot since February, when Kenya's president and his main rival agreed to form a government together. More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • riots  • Kenyan elections  • political protest  • East Africa

    • Zimbabwe 'Hit List' Sparks Unease

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 6, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe 'Hit List' Sparks Unease

      (Newser) - The Zimbabwe opposition denied responsibility yesterday for a "hit list" that is circulating in Harare, saying President Robert Mugabe created it to incite panic. The memo, which lists officials to be purged, cropped up as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was assuring military and intelligence leaders that his transition into the presidential office would not include retribution. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • election  • Africa  • presidential election  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Harare  • free elections

    • Heart Disease Is Killing Caged Gorillas

      Associated Press  |  Apr 5, 08 7:50 PM CDT

      Heart Disease Is Killing Caged Gorillas

      (Newser) - Gorillas in US zoos are dying from heart disease, and no one knows why, the AP reports. Zookeepers and scientists started a nationwide “Gorilla Health Project” 2 years ago to probe the causes of fibrosing cardiomyopathy, a condition that turns heart muscle into useless fibers and has left scores of gorillas dead in the last few years. More »

  • March 2008

    • 65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      Reuters  |  Mar 30, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

      (Newser) - Rescuers now fear that 65 miners trapped in a northern Tanzanian mine shaft have drowned, reports Reuters, with six bodies recovered and 59 workers missing. Volunteers raced to the remote gemstone mine near Mount Kilimanjaro yesterday when flash floods swept through the area, but the torrential weather also brought down electricity poles, crippling rescue efforts. In the eight affected pits, 35 people were found alive. More »

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      Africa  • missing person  • miners  • Tanzania  • drowning

    • Mugabe Foes Vow Massive Protests

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 27, 08 5:22 PM CDT

      Mugabe Foes Vow Massive Protests

      (Newser) - The opposition to Zimbabwe’s ruling party threatened to incite Kenya-style protests if Saturday’s election is rigged as expected, the Guardian reports. President Mugabe has told Zimbabweans not to waste their votes by supporting the other candidates, who “will never be allowed to rule this country.” Mugabe said his security forces would quickly put down any protests. More »

    • Africa Crushes Comoros Coup

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 26, 08 3:15 AM CDT

      Africa Crushes Comoros Coup

      (Newser) - The latest renegades to seize power in the Comoros Islands have been defeated, reports the Independent. Government and African Union troops regained control in an amphibious assault at sunrise yesterday. The island nation in the Indian Ocean has been rocked by more than 20 coups or coup attempts, many involving foreign mercenaries, since it gained independence from France in 1975. More »

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      Africa  • African Union  • Indian Ocean  • coup  • mercenaries  • Comoros

    • Mugabe Packs Voter Rolls With Zombies

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 18, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Mugabe Packs Voter Rolls With Zombies

      (Newser) - Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe are liable to have a tough time taking votes away from Robert Mugabe's party in next week's elections, the Times of London reports. They say voting lists have been packed with the names of dead and nonexistent people to allow Mugabe supporters to vote repeatedly and give him a huge majority. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Africa  • election fraud  • Rhodesia

    • Slowly Changing Painful Customs

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Mar 14, 08 7:46 PM CDT

      Slowly Changing Painful Customs

      (Newser) - The practice of female circumcision has been twice banned in Kenya, but nearly 40% of young women still undergo the painful and dangerous rite of passage into married life. The Christian Science Monitor profiles activists at the Tasaru Girls Rescue Center who work with villagers—using role models, lessons about womanhood and hygiene, and most of all, patience—to chip away at the deeply rooted rite.  More »

    • Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      New York Times  |  Mar 6, 08 4:53 PM CST

      Tough Work Awaits Kenya Lawmakers

      (Newser) - Kenya's parliament reconvened today, the New York Times reports, and was immediately given the task of putting into law the power-sharing deal that ended the startling wave of violence that followed December's disputed election. "You must now become the ambassadors of peace and reconciliation,” President Mwai Kibaki told legislators. “Please forget the history of what has happened." More »

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      Africa  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • Kenyan elections  • ethnic violence

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